person’s failure to take reasonable care in circumstances where their conduct might foreseeably cause us harm or loss. What is a tort? • The Law of Torts is concerned with minimum standards of conduct expected between people. • To establish liability for a tort you have to go to court (ie. your right to expect certain conduct is conferred by law). Liability in tort is based upon a ‘relationship of liability’ existing between people‚ in contrast to contractual rights which are based on the
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Fordham Law Review Volume 75 | Issue 3 Article 24 2006 Are Constitutional Norms Legal Norms? Jeremy Waldron Recommended Citation Jeremy Waldron‚ Are Constitutional Norms Legal Norms?‚ 75 Fordham L. Rev. 1697 (2006). Available at: http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol75/iss3/24 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. It has been accepted for inclusion in Fordham Law Review by an authorized administrator of
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encourage directors to provide compensation for the company’s creditors if insolvency occurs. It is also important to note the obligation of directors to act reasonably during insolvency. The description of ss135 and 136 can only be validated by case law and how the courts interpret ss135 and 136 of the Act. The statute can only be strong if the punishment for reckless trading is severe enough to discourage reckless trading; and if creditors are able to be compensated. To determine the extent ss135
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JOULE’S LAW Introduction and research question In this experiment‚ we were going to investigate the resistance R of an immersion heater. We had to make our own heater‚ and measure the resistance using a multimeter. Then we had to measure the current I‚ using an ammeter and a voltmeter. And at last‚ we had to determine the power P of the immersion heater. This experiment would require to make a table with the data collection‚ a graph‚ and a few calculations using Joule’s and Ohms law. Our research
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explanation of: * what it means to have a duty of care in your own work role A duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could forseeably harm others. It’s a requirement to exercise a reasonable degree of attention and caution to avoid negligence which could lead to harm to others. For me as a childminder it basically means I have a duty of care to protect any children in my care from
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Lesson1- Laws of Thermodynamics Annette Tyler Laws of Thermodynamics Thermodynamics is the study of energy‚ the conversion of energy to various forms and the ability of energy to do work. The term ‘Thermodynamics’ originate from two root words ‘thermo’ which means heat and ‘dynamic’ which means power. The laws of thermodynamics are absolute and the observable universe obeys the Laws of Thermodynamics. The First Law of Thermodynamics is commonly known as the Law of Conservation of Matter
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Duty and Desire People could not live without desires for their life. To have a happy life‚ first of all it has to be desired. There is another aspect of life that opposite desire‚ duty. Both of them create life. Jasmine is the main character of the same name novel of Bharati Mukherjee who struggle about what she should act to‚ desire or duty. She was born in a very traditional culture that supports duty while she really want to live a life that she can choose. The story begins with the appearance
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Traffic Laws In 2013 everyone is talking about traffic laws‚ many people believe that extremely details traffic laws and the fines related to disobeying those laws will help make a new community safer. On the contrary‚ I believe that we should enforce the existing laws not make new ones. Some people think that we need more detailed laws to protect ourselves. In my opinion‚ adding details to existing laws is not productive. Right now we have so many laws‚ we don’t know them all. We have more
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Constitutional Law Notes What is a Constitution? • Constitutional government is a government that as a Constitution which limits the powers of political authorities and is not susceptible to easy modification or abrogation • Constitution as Paramount Law o A law overriding all other laws (laws must comply with the Constitution or will be deemed invalid) Will not be able to be amended through an ordinary statute o Determines the power of each area of government (separation of powers) o
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Aquinas on Law Aquinas talks about general law. Aquinas has definition of general law: “nothing other than a certain dictate of reason (rationis ordinatio) for the common good‚ made by him who has the care of the community and promulgated." According to Aquinas‚ the law is based on a reason. The purpose of a proper function of the law is to promote common good given out by the person who has a leadership. He talks about four types of law. These laws are eternal law‚ divine law ‚ natural
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